Lexapro

[damjas]

after much uhmming and ahing and generally feeling like i constantly want to kill someone,
my dr has just commenced me on this.

has anyone else taken it and what side effects did you experience. my main concern is weight gain.

tia

[manda83]

DH has been on it. His side effects were -

Always hot/sweaty
Sometimes dizzy
Shakes
Low sex drive
Forgetfulness


He says that is all he can think of. It may be different for women, I don't know.

HTH

[Koko]

Going onto it, I felt like crapola for about a week.... tired, grouchy, headaches, dizziness, nausea. Then it took about another 2 weeks for me to start feeling good. It's coming off it you have to be careful - never do it suddenly, no matter how long you have been taking it for, slowly, slowly, slowly!

I didn't have any longer lasting side effects from it whilst I was taking it, def no weight gain. If anything I had more motivation and oomph about me to lose some weight.

Main advice is to take care of you, try to get plenty of sleep and keep talking.

Hugs
ox

[~MissUnderstood~]

I felt worse. I had weight gain, headaches, felt stuffed all the time. I ended up going off them after about 6 months.. weaned and am now on nothing.

[RoXsteR]

i went on it and i had dizzy and nauseous feelings, but it only lasted about 4-5 days and then it was all good.

i found it worked really well for me but i chose to come off it.

[LeahP]

I was on it and the only side effect I noticed was low sex drive.
I felt heaps better within days of taking it and would take it again in a heartbeat if I needed it.
I did gain a bit of weight after DS was born but it was due to my spastic thyroid being all out of whack.

I second too that when you want to come off to wean slowly.
I hope you feel much better soon.

[GardenOfEden]

I started on 10mg in Feb and had really bad dizziness and just felt out of it for the first two days. I then cut back to 5mg for a few weeks before then increasing it back up to 10mg without a problem. The Drs told me that people generally do get side effects the first couple of weeks and then they iron themselves out in most cases.

Long term I have not gained any weight nor do I have any other noticable side effects except for some days I feel a little forgetful.